The Medieval Town Author:Fritz Rorig SBN 6726961. "...a masterful introduction to urban life from the 11th to the 16th century, stressing the interrelationship of towns through the lifeblood of trade and emergence of a significant new class throughout Europe, the medieval burgher. Only Pirenne's Medieval Cities (1925) compares with it as a survey, and Rorig is free of Pirenne's rad... more »ical interpretations." University of California Press, Berkely, CA.« less